Accreditation and CLE Rules for Alaska

National Academy of Continuing Legal Education courses are accredited by numerous mandatory CLE States. The Alaska Bar Association will accept all credits earned from NACLE through reciprocity. Attorneys can earn all 12 hours including the specialty requirement through the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education. Attorneys may use our DVDs, Audio CDs, Online & iOS/Android App formats.

The mandatory minimum requirement for all active Alaska Bar members is 3 hours per calendar year of ethics continuing legal education. All active Bar members are encouraged to earn 9 additional hours per calendar year of voluntary continuing legal education. Alaska attorneys can carry forward up to a maximum of 12 CLE credits from the immediately preceding reporting period. Bar members are responsible for keeping track of their own CLE attendance, credit accumulation and reporting and are subject to audit for at least two reporting periods. Newly admitted lawyers report for the year immediately following their year of admission.

Newly admitted lawyers report for the year immediately following their year of admission. If you were admitted in 2017, your first reporting period is January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Your first report is due by February 1, 2019. If you were admitted in 2018, your first reporting period is calendar year 2019 and your first report is due by February 1, 2020.

December 31st is the deadline for earning credits. February 1st is the deadline for filing MCLE Reports. Inactive Bar members and new admittees are exempt from MCLE requirements.

Alaska CLE - Ethics and Specialty Courses

This is a listing of Ethics and Specialty CLE Courses for Alaska.
Please make your selection below of Alaska CLE courses. Our courses are available on CDs, DVDs, Online & Mobile App.
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Ethics and Specialty Courses

This CLE course explores the ethical standards and guidelines specific to title companies and their personnel. The course will review ethical requirements imposed by RESPA as well as:
New York State Insurance Law
Opinions issued by the Insurance Department's Office of General Counsel
Effects of statutes governing the unauthorized practice of law upon title insurance companies and their personnel
Opinions of the New York State Bar Association

Attorney client relationships are based on many factors, but underlying it all is a business transaction. And like all business transactions, payment for services rendered is an essential factor. But as billing systems and retainer agreements have become more complicated, they have also come under greater scrutiny. It has become far more common for disciplinary authorities to inspect these agreements and incur significant penalties for those who violate the rules. This informative CLE course,...

In today’s fast-moving digital age, attorneys must understand technology – both its capabilities and limitations – to competently and diligently represent clients. This CLE program will discuss the American Bar Association’s recently approved new amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and associated commentary to address technology’s growing role in the legal profession. Among other things, speakers will discuss the impact of the amendments, which broaden the definition of “comp...

In recent years, advance conflict of interest waivers have become increasingly common in law firm retainer agreements. In this CLE program, Ronald Minkoff, one of New York’s leading ethics lawyers and head of the Professional Responsibility Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C., will discuss these popular waivers: what they mean; what Rules of Professional Conduct govern them; their history in New York and nation-wide; relevant cases and ethics opinions; and their application in par...

This CLE program will cover the most common reasons clients complain about Real Estate Attorneys and offer tips on how to avoid them. By following these tips you will receive referrals instead of grievance complaints or malpractice claims. Best practices for billing and offering consultations to real estate clients will also be discussed.
The presenter is Kenneth Landau a partner in the Mineola law firm of Shayne, Dachs, Sauer and Dachs where he concentrates in the areas of negligence,...

Learn how to make sure that you and your firm makes employment decisions in an unbiased manner. This CLE course will teach how bias can translate into legal causes of action and show how these lawsuits have affected certain law firms. Learn what to avoid, what actions to take, and how to make sure that our profession creates a fair and just playing field for all.

Certain recurring ethical issues are encountered with regularity in the everyday practice of law. The nature of attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, analysis of conflict issues and the obligations of an attorney to other counsel and the fact-finding tribunal, result in frequent
consultation of the rules of ethics.
The course will cover the most common ethical issues confronted by attorneys, and the presenter will discuss hypotheticals posed by the live audience.

The widespread use of internet communications by attorneys in advertising and with clients requires a re-examination of the ethical rules. The course will examine attorney's speech, what lawyers can and cannot say on a website, in personal and professional blogs and on social networking sites, as well as other ethical issues including setting and collecting fees, privilege and confidentiality and proceedings before the Disciplinary Board.
Topics Covered include:
attorney's speech - on...

In the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, all individuals, organizations and professions need to evaluate their understanding of and policies towards issues of gender discrimination and gender diversity. The legal profession is no exception. This timely CLE course will review issues of sexual harassment, pay equity and diversity in law firms. Practical tips and strategies for increasing diversity and avoiding inappropriate sexual conduct in the workplace whether by individuals or by company culture w...

Retainer agreements (engagement letters) are critical to establish and document the understanding the practitioner has with the client. They are an important step that practitioners can take to identify expected actions and protect practitioners from a myriad of potential issues, or worse, ethical problems or suits. What should practitioners consider including in a retainer agreement? How has technology changed the issues that might be addressed? Are text messages an issue? Why is it important...

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